A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Risk Prediction Tools Used to Estimate Mortality, Morbidity, and Other Outcomes Following Major Lower Limb Amputation

CONCLUSION: This review identified several risk prediction tools that demonstrate acceptable to outstanding discrimination for objectively predicting an array of important post-operative outcomes. However, the methodological quality of some studies was poor, external validation studies are generally lacking, and there are no tools predicting other important outcomes, especially quality of life.PMID:33903018 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.02.038

Source: PubMed: Eur J Vasc Endovasc ... - April 27, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Ryan A Preece Nafi Dilaver Cherry-Ann Waldron Philip Pallmann Emma Thomas-Jones Brenig L Gwilym Daniel C Norvell Joseph M Czerniecki Christopher P Twine David C Bosanquet Source Type: research